That shows how unprepared decent ordinary citizens are for the horrors of warfare and how difficult it is for the combat survivors to get back into ordinary live in the aftermath.
It is impossible not to feel also that, despite all the fancy rhetoric, the government is simply squeezing the juice out of its young citizens and then hanging them out to dry once they have served their purpose. There again, corporate life can often look like that too!
There is something very sick about modern American society and I wonder how much longer they can continue to peddle the notion that it's the only viable alternative to communist totalitarianism. It's time to stop talking about a Third Way and start restructuring society to pursue a much healthier alternative, where collaboration is the watchword, not competition.
It is impossible not to feel also that, despite all the fancy rhetoric, the government is simply squeezing the juice out of its young citizens and then hanging them out to dry once they have served their purpose. There again, corporate life can often look like that too!
There is something very sick about modern American society and I wonder how much longer they can continue to peddle the notion that it's the only viable alternative to communist totalitarianism. It's time to stop talking about a Third Way and start restructuring society to pursue a much healthier alternative, where collaboration is the watchword, not competition.